The President Day / Valentine's weekend has finally passed but not uneventfully. A lot was seen and plenty was done.
I had all of the accoutrements, the clothes, the schedule, the friends and all of the fun mostly planned out.

Friday saw the usual stopover at SBNY. The place was lit very dramatically and the music was pumping the bass. We went and checked out how Mark Tarbox planned to spin out the evening. The DJ set was very on point (from Monica and "Get It Off" to Destiny's Child and "Survivor") and the long weekend crowd definitely packed into the place. The place had plenty of men, three simultaneous bar dancers and the ever present and very necessary Splash bar staff made sure the night was good. Even after some of my crew went home I stayed until after 4am to see what would come on next. It was a nice dance bug I had and I definitely got to work it out.

Saturday of course was my first outfitted event of the year, yes I did attend The White Party. Me, a regular attendee of the Black Party needed something to do on Saturday night of a three-day weekend. So it was to Macy's I did go for something I would be happy to wear to an all-white themed event. With Ecko Unlimited ice-blue jeans, white Ecko Unlimited hologram shirt and my white-heeled Customatix sneaks I was ready to show up at the white wedding. The heart ice sculpture with the white undies inside in the front entryway was priceless. The decorators really outdid themselves in setting up the venue to look different than it normally did. There were lounge seats near the bathrooms and on the dance floor and the modern couches were at the front bar instead of the back. The bar staff and security were also done up in white and looked kinda cute as well. I only stayed for Hex but hope that Frankie gave the boys as much fun as I got out of the first DJ. The night built over time. From Babilonia and "Impress Me" (which went on too long by the way, I like the song but he played it like three times before it changed to something else) to "Nights in White Satin" from Moody Blues. "Nights" was strange to hear but it fit the decor and the mood. I had a great time circulating the room and watching the crowd in the white curtain-wall enclosed dance floor and of course the chandelier disco ball as the centerpiece was a great look for the evening. Just when It seemed like it was winding down Hex broke out with the classic "Unbreak My Heart" starting with the slow version and then ripping into the full on dance mix. He had toyed with different Deborah Cox mixes throughout the evening with the vocals over many recently played tribal beats. I was a definite fan of the overall evening and was glad that The Rox hosted the event. There was definitely a nice mix of guys from all over, both the out of town walkthroughs and the faithful Roxy boys who like the New York party vibe. I left the party with almost as much energy I brought in and hope the boys enjoyed my final stint on one of the speakerboxes before I made my exit.

That was supposed to be the end of my weekend, I'm saving my next marathon party weekend for mid-March and was just gonna go into my 4 day workweek well rested. But that was not to be. My friends suggested we go out for one more night and not waste the 3 day weekend. So after a quick consideration and some thoughts on price we ended up at the party at Sound Factory thrown by Mr JuniorV himself. We got there ridiculously early (not considering his reputation as an after-hours DJ) and arrived to a mostly empty house. The bar staff assured us that the place would fill up after 8-9am but that was over 6 hrs away from my arrival time. I ended up trapped in a party that had not truly started yet. The DJ tried to keep our attention by throwing out gems like Lisa Lisa and "I Wonder If I Take You Home" but it never peaked early in the evening (that was to be much later when the live performances started and so called "anthems" would be on display). For me it was definitely a disappointment, with 5 hours of placeholder music for no good reason but to get people crowded into the place well before the party started. I tried to have a good time but it was not to be. I left before 7:30am just when some of my more party savvy friends were arriving. Of course they were all asking was the place full, to which I had to answer yes but that was a cumulative filling that occurred over quite a few hours. The crowd ended healthy but that was too long on life support for my liking. I will definitely be more careful with my party placement in the future.

But overall the weekend was a good one for me. Good company and plenty of fun with friends will do that for you. A well needed three days in the middle of this cold winter.

See you next party boys.